My name is Nancy Terrill-Amundson and I live in Fairbury, Nebraska. My late father was Dean Terrill, and he was a reporter for the Lincoln Journal and Star newspapers for 30 years and he covered most of Southeast Nebraska. He retired from the paper in 1988 and was well known for his human-interest stories that brought recognition to people or families among others that normally you wouldn’t have known about. And at the same time, he took and developed his own black and white pictures of which, so often told the story in itself as he was able to capture the essence of the story in his photography.
With that being said, I have started going through boxes and boxes of his stories and photographs. I have started to compile these stories and pictures into what I plan on being a book chronically his years as a photojournalist as he covered Southeast Nebraska.
This is quite an undertaking in itself, which is why I would like to ask your readers if they or their family members and or friends/acquaintances have any stories and pictures that my dad may have done on them or the town from roughly 1958 to 1988. And if they do, I would be thrilled to be able to get a copy of the story and picture that accompanied it. In addition, if they could supply any additional information that may be of interest to go with the story, I’d love to know that too. Examples of what I mean could be what happened to the person or persons, a family story or event that was in part due to the story, if the person is still living or when the person passed away or the persons reaction to the story. And I’d also like to know the town or location and the approximate date the story was published and anything the story subject(s) may remember about my dad.
Persons that have anything that they can share with me, can send it to me via e-mail at nanam62@diodecom.net or mailed to me at 56425 708th Road Fairbury, NE 68352. A voice message can be left at (402)-587-1115 and I will return the call.
Thank you in advance for any information that your readers may be able to share with me.
Sincerely,
Nancy Terrill-Amundson
Fairbury, NE
